real

1. (satellite adjective) possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
Synonyms: tangible

2. (satellite adjective) not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold"
Synonyms: true

3. (adjective) being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
Synonyms: existent
Antonyms: unreal

4. (adjective) no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
Antonyms: unreal

5. (adjective) (economics) being value measured in terms of purchasing power; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
Antonyms: nominal

6. (satellite adjective) founded on practical matters; "a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time"

7. (satellite adjective) not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"

8. (satellite adjective) (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings; real estate"

9. (noun) an old small silver Spanish coin
Related Words: coin

10. (adjective) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
Synonyms: material, substantial

11. (satellite adjective) coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson
Synonyms: veridical

12. (noun) any rational or irrational number
Synonyms: real number
Related Words: complex number, complex quantity, dot product, imaginary number, inner product, irrational number, rational number, scalar product

13. (adverb) intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about it"; `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good yarn")
Synonyms: rattling, really, very

14. (satellite adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
Synonyms: actual, genuine, literal



Terms and Conditions of Use / Copyright Notice